How angry does this make you? :)

I thought that machine already existed, it's called China something or other...

 

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Picked this one up last year.

 

thats a great story on how you got together. when i turned 18, i decided i wanted to take my first vacation alone and bring my girl she was 17 at the time. we went to Disney world and it really was magical. so many people said we were to old and we should go elsewhere, but that place is great. when i finally decide to pop the question(been together 6 years this month) Disney is definitely on our short list of honeymoon spots. its either that, vegas, or Hawaii, but i think Disney would have the most meaning for us.

i got some of the elongated quarters from Disney when i went in '98, i think i got cents as well?

as far as the machines, i like them. one of my favorite childhood memories will always live on in an elongated cent. my sisters dad(RIP, was more of a dad then my real dad) took us to the inclines(red trolley looking things that climb up mt. Washington in Pittsburgh). he got us each a few and i still have them till this day.

i seen one at a flee market up in conneaut lake, PA when i was around 11. i really really wanted it, but my grandmother wouldn't spend the $100 for it!!

 

That's what I'm talking about!!

 

my wife and kids love eleongated cents, we have a great collection from every vacation we have been on as a couple going back as far as when we saw the columbus fleet in Corpus Cristi the week before I shipped out to Korea for a one year remote. I think those pressed cents help preserve our memories together.

 

+1 really nice!

 

I pick up a few every year at the FUN Show in January. The vendor has the machine, sans the cabinet, and they are free for the taking. He makes them so that the date/mm are always visible on the back side of the design. I always look through those he has made for date/mm's that I don't already have. Of course, I always bring pennies with me to replace the ones I take.

There is also another dealer usually at FUN who has a huge box of elongateds at his table to sift through for neat designs. He only charges 10c apiece for them.

Chris

 

well....like I said, with me being a newbie to coin collection I just figured, based on ignorance, that the "destruction" of a coin would be frowned upon. But its cool to know that all of you think it is a cool thing to do. I still don't know how I feel about it but it is interesting nonetheless.

 

I get a huge kick out of the people recalling all the times and places they got their elongated cents. I even went to the junk box and pulled out a couple. My best was the ones my brother an me did on the train tracks though. LOL Man, we were always into something ! lol

gary

 

Wait until you are at a coin show where one of the dealers happens to have a big box of elongateds, and as you are casually rummaging through them, you find one that "hits home" on a personal level. Then, you won't mind it so much.

Chris

 

We used to do that back in the 50's, but I don't know what ever happened to them. I just thought of this.....I wonder if anyone has ever placed a penny on the tracks with a dime on top of it? Hmmmmm?

Chris

 

I raised rabbits for my spending money, chores were expected and we didn't get allowances, so I can state for a fact that we never would waste a dime ! Man a dime would BUY something ! lol

You couldn't even find cents on the ground then like you can now. A DIME was big money !

gary

 

SOME elongateds ARE rare and extremely expensive.

 

Show us some, please

 

Here is one that was rolled on a V Nickel that I have.

 

I don't have any, I don't collect elongateds. But I know one of the early ones, sorry don't remember too much about it I know it has a salmon on it, has only five known specimens and has sold for five figures. And that is five figures to the LEFT of the decimal point.

 

I found an elongated from the 1939 World's fair. The date is easily readable on the back, 1932. Not too bad a find I think. Any good? I saw the same one on ebay for $3 or $4, but I don't know if that one had a readable date.

Of course I have some other elongateds around in some junk bucket or other. I got one at the Milwaukee zoo in about 1995 and I punched a hole in the end and its been on my key chain ever since. The design is nearly worn smooth at this point.

 

I used to cringe at any abuse of coins. After seeing the thrill one of my sons got, I changed my mind. He's gone now, but the memory is worth every penny, abused or not.

 

Found my beloved messed up penny

Found my beloved messed up penny.

 

Very nice! Glad you got hold of it again! :yes: